[familyop]

"Oh deary me, golly gee whiz, for those of us who KNOW that such ROASTS are almost NEVER shown on T.V. and when they are, have been Bowdlerized, and also know that this was NEVER shown on T.V., all I can assume is that you are completely unenlightened about things that happen outside of your social strata and milieu."

I did see one video a few years ago. A line that comes to mind is, "The mort is frenchified" ("Gangs of New York").

[nopardons]

Long, long ago Dean Martin used to host a few much cleaned up ROASTS on T.V.; but ROASTS have always been for just the select few and never made public.

"GANGS OF NEW YORK" was a lousy movie, based extremely loosely on a fantastic book. I was so distracted by how monstrously awful the script and the acting was, that I admit that I have no idea what you are alluding to, by that supposed quote.